[CASSANDRA-3206] increase file descriptor limit in deb, rpm packages

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.7
• Component/s: Packaging
• Severity: Low
• Assignee: paul cannon
• Reporter: Jonathan Ellis

Authors

paul cannon

Reviewers

Brandon Williams

• Created: 14/Sep/11 16:04
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 23/Sep/11 21:23

Description

We can use a lot of file descriptors (one per socket, 5? per sstable). People hit this regularly on the user list and it will get worse with Leveled compaction, which limits sstable size to a relatively low size (currently 5MB).